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Obama apologizes to lesbian widow but hospital will not

President Barack Obama apologized by phone to a woman prevented from seeing her dying partner at Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital.

Florida is the only state in the country that doesn’t allow gay people to adopt – but the city commission

Florida’s adoption ban was ignored again by fair-minded people with authority. State child welfare administrators agreed to provide health insurance,

Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Maria Sampedro-Iglesia has delivered the third ruling against Florida’s infamous adoption ban – allowing a lesbian couple

The sexual orientation of adoptive parents does not have an impact on the emotional development of their children, according to

tampabay.com reports that Jane Castor – an openly lesbian mother of two – has been appointed Tampa Florida’s first female

Industry veteran Charles Perez was recently fired from his anchor position with Miami’s major television news program. He’s suing the

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida and its LGBT Advocacy Project has been awarded a $150,000 grant from

Jessica Cohn-Kleinberg (pictured) is a senior at a Miami high school. She’s spent the past three years working for Safe

The Miami Herald profiles a young man who found himself in the foster care system when he was about 13-years-old